4. You hold my eyes from closing; I am so troubled that I cannot speak.
5. I consider the days of old, the years of bygone times [of prosperity].
6. I call to remembrance my song in the night; with my heart I meditate and my spirit searches diligently:
7. Will the Lord cast off forever? And will He be favorable no more?
8. Have His mercy and loving-kindness ceased forever? Have His promises ended for all time?
9. Has God [deliberately] abandoned or forgotten His graciousness? Has He in anger shut up His compassion? Selah [pause, and calmly think of that]!
10. And I say, This [apparent desertion of Israel by God] is my appointed lot and trial, but I will recall the years of the right hand of the Most High [in loving-kindness extended toward us], for this is my grief, that the right hand of the Most High changes.